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That is why critiquing and opposing bad ideas is important. Idealism and altruism do not inherently improve or redeem goals or philosophies.
by 1123581321 6y ago
That is why critiquing and opposing bad ideas is important. Idealism and altruism do not inherently improve or redeem goals or philosophies.
- femiagbabiaka 6y agoagreed, authoritarianism is something we should leave in the 20th century.
- notahacker 6y agoI'd hesitate to say there was anything idealistic about the Khmer Rouge: you'll find more idealism in the actions of Stalin or Hitler. It wasn't even a sincere outbreak of angry hatred: the leadership were all members of the educated classes they condemned to hard labour and pogroms.